Dmitry Medvedev lays capsule of the innovative satellite-city Innopolis-Kazan
9 June 2012, Saturday
Chairman of the RF Government Dmitry Medvedev laid capsule with a message to descendants on the place of future innovative satellite-city Innopolis-Kazan. To the point, Head of the Russian Government is on a working trip in Kazan.
Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Verkhny Uslon region after the meeting with activists of the United Russia’s regional branch in Tatarstan.
Students, members of the United Russia party, representatives of state authorities met Dmitry Medvedev on the place of future Innopolis.
Chairman of the RF Government congratulated everyone on the beginning of new stage in development of Kazan, Tatarstan and the whole country. New big project has been launched today, he said.
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that today’s event is really historical. He reminded that there is everything needed for successful realization of the innovative project Innopolis-Kazan in republic.
The Russian Minister of mass media and communications Nikolai Nikiforov, RT Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov took part in the ceremony.
The event was broadcasted online for all Internet users (the official government portal of the Republic of Tatarstan www.prav.tatarstan.ru)
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.